T.N.H.
Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen master,poet and peace activist,was born in Vietnam in 1926 and ordained as a Buddhist monk at the age of 16. He has worked tirelessly for peace throughout the Vietnam war and has continued to do so ever since.
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Insight of Interbeing :
Manifesto 2000 Culture of Peace for the New Millenium
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This gathering is one of the unique Millenium Teaching Tour during October 2000 through Europe: France, Germany, UK, Holland ... dedicated to how to create a more peaceful world by transformation of suffering and reconcilation within oursleves and in the world.
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"If we are peaceful, if we
are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower and everyone in our family,
in our entire society will benefit from our peace."
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Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen master,poet and peace activist,was born in Vietnam in 1926 and ordained as a Buddhist monk at the age of 16. He has worked tirelessly for peace throughout the Vietnam war and has continued to do so ever since. |
The Peace Manifesto presents the United Nations declaration
of the decade 2001 to 2010 as the International Decade
for a cutlure of Peace and Non-violence for the Children
of the World. Thich Nhat Hanh helped draft
Manifesto 2000
and the goal is to gather 100 million signatures by the
end of the year. Signers to date include Thich Nhat Hanh;
Mr Pham Van Khai, Prime Minister of Vietnam; Jacque Chriac, President of France;
Tony Blair, British Prime Minister; Ebud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel;
Nelson Mandela, and Coretta Scott King.
Martin Luther King nominated him for the Novel Peace Prize in 1967 and said:
Thomas Merton has said of him:
- said His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Sogyal Rinpoche.
He has been living in exile in
France for many years, establishing
Plum Village, a rural retreat centre in 1982. Here, Western and Vietnamese
people live together in harmony and offer a place of healing and spiritual
transformation to the many visitors who arrive each year. He is recognised
as one of the great spiritual teachers of our time. His teaching is based
on conscious breathing and being fully aware of the present moment - the
only moment in which we really live and in which peace and joy is possible.
Through the practice of
meditation in everyday life
and by showing compassion to all living
beings, peace becomes possible within ourselves
and affects everyone we touch.
He has written many books including :
"The Miracle of Mindfulness",
"Being Peace",
"Living Buddha, Living Christ",
"Peace is Every Step",
and
"Going Home: Jesus and Buddha are Brothers"
Thich Nhat Hanh Meets with the Dalai Lama.
"I am privileged to call him my friend.
He is a holy man, for he is humble and devout.
He is a scholar of immense intellectual capacity.
His ideas for peace, if applied, would build
a monument to ecumenism to world brotherhood, to humanity".
Just the way he opens a door and enters a room
demonstrates his understanding. He is a true monk".
Thich Nhat Hanh shows us the connection between personal inner peace and peace on earth"
When Thich Nhat Hanh
speaks,
he speaks with voice of the Buddha"
Organised by:
Buddhist Interhelp
Charity Number: 107 0380
Community of Interbeing
Charity
Number: 105 8571
Sponsored by UNA.UK
Registered charity number 1058751
This is the official Website of the Community of Interbeing,
the organisation which supports the teachings
and practice of Thich Nhat Hanh in the UK.